The IAAF has banned 28 athletes after their samples from the 2005 and 2007 world championships proved doping existed with new technology that can uncover previously undetectable substances.
In the retesting stages, 32 adverse doping cases were discovered, Reuters reports.
Sources told Reuters that the majority of the athletes found guilty of doping were from Nigeria while Americans and British athletes (as reported by the BBC) were not found guilty.
The IAAF has declined to name the athletes for legal reasons but a statement from the International Association of Athletics Federations revealed the composition of the said athletes.
The IAAF said: “A large majority of the 28 are retired, some are athletes who have already been sanctioned, and only very few remain active in sport.
“The IAAF is provisionally suspending them and can confirm that none of the athletes concerned will be competing (at the world championships) in Beijing.”
The latest test were the second for samples of the 2005 world championships in Helsinki with the first taken in 2012, revealing six complicit findings. Five of the six medalist represented Russia or Belarus.
The 2015 world championships kicks off in Beijing, China Aug. 22.
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